History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s8.58

v2.c17.s8.58

“Half the coefficient of the root (of the unknown) and the absolute term should be divided by unity minus the fraction (*i.e.*, the coefficient of the unknown). The square-root of the sum of the square of the coefficient of the root (of the unknown) and the absolute term (treated as before) is added to the coefficient of the root (of the unknown treated as before). The sum squared is the (unknown) quantity in this *mûla* type of problems.”²